The only other gun I own is a viewloader Genesis with a 12" spyder barrel.

Marker Setup:

A electronic spyder imagine with a 14" spyder barrel. I will be buying an ACS bolt from paintball-discounters.com

RecommendedUpgrades:

An ACS bolt if you don't like to shoot slow.(stock bolt likes to eat up balls) and a 14" or 16" barrel.

Strengths:

The three different firing modes,different rates of fire,price,and affordability.

Weaknesses:

From me i would say nothing if you put a barrel and bolt on.

Review:

I bought this gun a while ago and it hasn't failed me yet. You just have to make sure that you keep the battery charged. I love this gun and i think it competes well with tipman custom,custom pros,and even the A-5. The gun is also quiet if you like to be stealthy.

Well, I used to have a Spyder Xtra, and this marker is much better. I play woods ball a lot and this gun works good. It comes with a 9 and half inch barrel, now if you are playing speed ball that might be ok, but it needs a bigger barrel if you are going to play woods ball. They also come with some plastic grips, I recommend getting some better ones. I have had no problems with the bolt except on occasion it will chop, but not very often, but an ACS Bolt wouldn't hurt. For the price of only $110-$130 this gun is good, it shoots about 14 balls per second, and if you get a Revolution Hopper or better you will be fine. This gun shoots fast for its price. Overall I think this gun is good for all players, Beginners, Intermediate players, and skilled players. I would recommend this gun to most people but if you don't care about price then there are many markers that are better, they just happen to cost $400 or more. So if you are looking for a good, inexpensive marker than this is what you want.

Conclusion:

I recommend this gun to those who have an issue with money and can't afford the $400-$1500 markers. This gun is only $100-$150 and yet it works great like a $400 marker.

everything you can find for this gun if you are going to keep it. If you are not going to keep it put it in a dumpster.

Strengths:

Nothing good about it.

Weaknesses:

Everything is bad about this gun.

Review:

I will say that this gun shot 1 out of 100 paintballs with out chopping, im really surprised that the chopped paint didn't go into the trigger frame and brake it, but if that did happen it would be a good thing for the owner then they could go and get a new gun. this gun has no accuracy at all you shoot the paintball and it flys everywhere but where your barrel is pointed.

Conclusion:

If you want to spend money on this peice of crap then do it if you want a gun that works I recommend getting an autococker or a smart parts ion. If you want a gun that will get you shot and made fun of get this gun.

If you are going to shoot really fast, get an agitating hopper. Also, new grips

Strengths:

Price, easy to maintain, upgrade

Weaknesses:

Grips are a little uncomfortable

Review:

I got back into paintball recently. I bought the Spyder Imagine because of research and price. I got my marker, aired up, and really liked it. I did buy a new barrel, and it is extremely accurate. I use the cheapest paint I can buy. The gun performs well. The ACS bolt is a very good upgrade, but I rarely have a chop. The gun is very easy to take apart, all the way down to the ASA, Valve, and grips. Mine was refurbished, and Kingman's website was very helpful. It even had videos on how to take it apart, change the fire rate, and trouble shoot. I play woodsball, and I don't have a complaint about the marker. Once, I used firearm oil on the o rings. The gun would not recock. I then bought paintball oil, and I have not had any problems now. My Imagine does not chop balls. I use the cheapest paint you can buy at the local supercenter. The ACS bolt really helps. The marker is very easy to take apart, especially with the quick strip pin. I do recommend using marker oil and not gun oil on it. The marker did have a few problems playing in the very cold when the CO2 tank was directly attached to the ASA. It would freeze the gun and the velocity would be very bad. I now use a remote coil when it is cold, and I have no problems. Also, the 3 shot burst and fully auto work great. I don't have a problem chopping balls when I use them, but I do out shoot my gravity fed hopper.

Conclusion:

This gun is very affordable for the beginner. It is easy to maintain and can be upgraded easily. There are a lot of aftermarket parts out there for this marker. I love mine and would not trade it for the world. The only reason I didn't give it a ten is the fact it can freeze when playing in the cold, but there are ways around it. If you are a recreational player, this is a great buy.

-The UGLY-
CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP.clean.CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP.
Chops WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY to much. Sight rail right next to the bolt is razor sharp so basicly when u pull the bolt back-OW! SON OF A $#!@!!!!!!!!!!! Not so great Co2 usage but better than tippes.

Conclusion:

If short on cash and just wanna play really really bad-get it. If you got an extra $50-$70 laying around get a better spyder (like the E99)

If you are going to get this gun DO NOT Unless you want to be squeegeeing the barrel out more than you would be shooting. This gun is a piece of **** do not buy it. Spend your money on a cocker or a diablo mongoose. Again this gun CHOPS more than kitchen knives do i've even used a revvy on this gun and it still chops. I went paintballing at a local field and it was a scenario. I was using marbs and the gun chopped and chopped even the people with semi-autos were like what kind of gun is that and i told them and they said that they would make sure not to get this gun when they upgraded their guns.

Conclusion:

If you feel like cleaning your gun more than playing then get this gun.
If you feel like playing as much as you can go out and get a cocker or a diablo mongoose

New barrel, the stock one sucks
T-Board
New trigger - stock one has a kinda long pull
Electronic Hopper - NOT A QUANTIUM

Strengths:

Decent speed
trimming

Weaknesses:

Accuracy
Trigger
Heavy

Review:

Accuracy - The gun is very inaccurate out of the box, after about 50 ft. the balls just fly everywhere [4]

Speed - Decent speed for the price, most people that buy this gun probably can't shoot over 14 bps anyway [8] The trigger has a pretty long pull, needs some adjusting.

Trimming - looks ok [7]

Weight - This is probbaly one of the heaviest guns I have ever held [2]

My friend bought one of these, I told him he should get an electronic hopper for it. He ended up going to walmart and buying a Quantium for it.. I've never seen so many chops in my life, at the end of the day the hopper was freakin full of paint. This wasn't only the fault of the hopper, it was also the gun.

I'de recommend a new barrel for this gun as the first upgrade, A teardrop would look nice on this gun, I think I saw one somewhere for 35$ US, not too expensive.

When my friend first got his it wouldn't go into auto or burst, but it was locked in Semi so he sent it back after a while and bought an AR1.

Conclusion:

Pretty good beginner gun, and when you get better you can get some more upgrades for it.

If you know how to play and can think on your feet and arn't afraid of being pegged 10 time and bunkering someone, you can do some real damage.......i was reading a review and this guy said his team equiped with imagines beat a team with angels twice!!!........now see if you know what your doing you can kick sum butt.

one thing i found bad about this gun was the open bolt not good when playing woodsball...........i was playing a "D-Day" game you really had to do some diving which wasnt good for my gun at all!!!!............So by the second or third game by gun was screwing up!!.........Later on after i took the bolt out i found alot of dirt in the stock so i cleaned it out and then put back the bolt and tried firing it......DUDE!!!!!...........so eventually i i had taken the trigger of taken out alot of the inerorking and put it back together and YES!!!! it works.

Conclusion:

For Newer players low on cash looking for a electronic gun this is the one for you i have the '03 version truly i think its better than the '05 version.. overall a good gun just be careful wiht the bolt.

I only tested this one day at the local field. the gun is my friends and hes is a wealthy child! the gun had a custom products reg, new bolt, shocktech drop+asa, check it feed neck, 12" staainless steel FREAK kit, my 45/4500 tank, and a halo B w/rip drive. this gun was MINT! it shot like a dream, didnt chop once, and the trigger was set up like the one on an '05 Angel Speed.

Conclusion:

nothing went wrong when i used it, and i put about 820 balls through it. it shot way better than my BTB, thanks to all the custom parts. because of all of the upgrades on it, and the way it shot, i am forced to give this gun a perfect ten.

I got this for Christmas in 03 but never used it. When I started getting into paintball I loved it. After 2 years sitting in my case it worked fine. Very reliable and easy to clean. It is not very fast, but still fast enough (for now) and better then Tippmann speed. The fake sight rail is a beoch. It's sharp and is only dead weight. The worst thing is the stock barrel. Stock barrels are always gonna be bad, but this was beyond bad. I shot at a dude 15 feet away. All 20 shots missed. That is beyond stock barrel bad, thats at lead pipe taped to marker shoots better bad. But that is can be fixed with a new barrel.